Creating a Web Site in Dreamweaver CS3: Video QuickStart

Creating a Web Site in Dreamweaver CS3: Video QuickStart

Released May 2008
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 9780321550194

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This Video Quickstart walks a viewer through all the basics of getting a Dreamweaver CS3 Web site up-and-running. It starts off with lessons on the interface and site set up and quickly moves on to creating a home page.  Other topics follow a logical progression and include: Adding media, working with tables, working with links, Using CSS, and publishing a site. Running time: 1h 35m.

For more than 15 years, Peachpit Press has helped millions of users—from designers to developers and more—get up to speed on all sorts of computer programs. The Video QuickStarts provide a quick, convenient, computer-based alternative to learning your favorite creative applications.

Table of contents

  1. The Dreamweaver Interface and Site Setup
    1. 01_01 Introduction 00:00:50
    2. 01_02 Dreamweaver Interface Overview 00:01:04
    3. 01_03 The Document, Insert and Standard Toolbars 00:02:23
    4. 01_04 The Property Inspector and File and CSS Panel Groups 00:01:45
    5. 01_05 Using Adobe Bridge 00:01:17
    6. 01_06 Creating a Local Site 00:01:19
  2. Creating a Home Page
    1. 02_01 Creating a Basic Website and Creating a Home Page 00:03:14
    2. 02_02 Adding Text to Your Web Page 00:02:06
    3. 02_03 Creating Lists 00:01:46
    4. 02_04 Adding a Footer 00:00:53
  3. Adding Media to Your Web Page
    1. 03_01 To Add and Image to a Page 00:01:17
    2. 03_02 Using the Property Inspector with Images 00:01:21
    3. 03_03 To Crop an Image 00:01:42
    4. 03_04 To Adjust the Brightness of an Image 00:00:38
    5. 03_05 To Flow Text Around Images 00:01:39
    6. 03_06 To Add a Flash Video to a Web Page 00:01:31
    7. 03_07 To Add a QuickTime Video to a Web Page 00:01:48
  4. Working with Tables
    1. 04_01 To Add a Table to a Web Page 00:04:11
    2. 04_02 To Select or Change Table Parts 00:04:25
    3. 04_03 To Import Tabular Data 00:02:23
    4. 04_04 To Sort Tables 00:01:53
  5. Creating Links in Dreamweaver
    1. 05_01 To Create an Internal Link 00:01:31
    2. 05_02 To Create an External Link 00:01:00
    3. 05_03 To Create an Email Link 00:01:59
    4. 05_04 To Create an Anchor Link 00:02:45
    5. 05_05 To Link an Image 00:00:51
    6. 05_06 To Create an Image Map 00:02:59
    7. 05_07 To Change the Color of Site Links 00:03:11
  6. Using Cascading Style Sheets and the CSS Tab
    1. 06_01 Using the CSS Styles Tab 00:02:43
    2. 06_02 Detaching and Attaching and Adding Style Sheets 00:01:44
    3. 06_03 To Create a Tag-Based Style 00:01:54
    4. 06_04 To Create Context-Based Style 00:04:11
    5. 06_05 To Create Class-Based Style 00:02:18
  7. Creating Interactivity in Your Website
    1. 07_01 To Add a Navigation Menu 00:05:23
    2. 07_02 To Add a Jump Menu 00:02:28
    3. 07_03 To Create a Form 00:05:22
  8. Reusing Items to Save Time
    1. 08_01 To Create and Reuse Favorites 00:02:01
    2. 08_02 To Create, Edit or Insert a Library Item 00:02:25
  9. Publishing Your Site
    1. 09_01 To Add Search Terms or Metadata 00:01:54
    2. 09_02 To Check and Fix Links 00:01:47
    3. 09_03 To Set up a Remote Site 00:01:52
    4. 09_04 Exploring the Files Panel 00:01:41
    5. 09_05 To Connect to a Remote Site 00:00:54
    6. 09_06 To Upload Your Site Files 00:02:57
    7. 09_07 To Upload a Single Page 00:00:44

Product information

  • Title: Creating a Web Site in Dreamweaver CS3: Video QuickStart
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: May 2008
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 9780321550194